'Fantasy Slut League' ending in Piedmont

PIEDMONT

Updated 9:35 pm, Monday, October 22, 2012

Some Piedmont High School students have been involved in a "Fantasy Slut League," in which male athletes "draft" female students and earn points for sexual encounters with them, school officials have told parents.

The league has been in existence for five or six years but only came to school officials' attention several weeks ago, according to a letter Piedmont High School Principal Rich Kitchens sent out to families on Friday.

In discussions following a date-rape awareness assembly on Oct. 3, students brought the league to the attention of officials, who then followed up with an investigation.

"It has been reported that students on some of our Varsity Teams have set up a 'Fantasy Slut League' in which our female students (unbeknownst to most of them) are drafted as part of the league," Kitchens wrote in the letter. "Male students earn points for documented engagement in sexual activities with female students."

Kitchens noted in the letter that officials have a commitment from current varsity athletes that the activity will not continue in the future.

The school is not planning to discipline the students involved, said Randall Booker, an assistant superintendent of educational services, and he declined to say how many students might have been involved.

"Our focus really isn't pinpointing the who or the details," he said. "Our focus is really about having this continued conversation with kids, getting them to feel comfortable, getting them to learn why this is disrespectful, inappropriate."

The letter was not originally intended for an audience beyond parents and families of the high school, Booker said.

The league has existed as "part of 'bonding' for some Varsity Teams during their seasons of sport," the letter said. Many students, both male and female, were aware of the league and participated, either willingly, under pressure from older students or under social pressures to be popular, the letter said.

Some students feared that participation in the league could lead to disciplinary measures at school or affect their college admissions process in the future, the letter said.

"The revelation that students expressed concern that the fallout could result in discipline and affect their college applications suggests an understanding by students that there is something wrong with the 'Fantasy Slut League,' " Kitchens wrote.

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